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Lot 29*

Studio of Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem
(Haarlem 1562-1638)
A fool with two women, one holding an owl

8 December 2016, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £62,500 inc. premium

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Studio of Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem (Haarlem 1562-1638)

A fool with two women, one holding an owl
oil on panel
73 x 90.8cm (28 3/4 x 35 3/4in).

Footnotes

Provenance
Sale, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, 28 October 1958, lot 478 (as attributed to Jan Massys)
Acquired by the present owner approximately 10 years ago

Literature
P.J.J. van Thiel, Cornelis van Haarlem, Doornspijk, 1999 p. 380, under cat. no. 222, version 2, ill. pl. 119

This composition was evidently popular, given the various versions that exist. The only difference between them is the object held by the central figure and in the present work an owl rests on her index finger. In the Netherlands at this time, the owl was a bird which stood for foolishness.

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